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Because the law is very clear. it says upon request by the house ways and means committee, the irs shall furnish tax returns. shall furnish. that is mandatory. that is not optional. but the irs when they got this said no and late last week doj came out with opinion with, which surprise, surprise, william barr's department of justice came out exactly how donald trump would want and they came up with this tortured illogical reasoning saying, well, but there's no legitimate legislative purpose. the law says nothing about legislative purpose. congress gave a legislative purpose and doj just said, ...

Live doesn't recognize gay marriage. that is news on its own and it's exactly, of course, what the president outlined for this year in his january state of the union. >> we are not going to be just waiting for legislation in order to make sure that we're providing americans the kind of health that they need. i've got a pen and i've got a phone, and i could use that pen to sign executive orders, take executive actions, administrative actions that move the ball forward. >> you saw him there in a cabinet meeting describing the message of the state of the union. when we talk about the federal gove...

The president outlined for this year in his january state of the union. >> we are not just going to be waiting for legislation in order to make sure that we're providing americans the kind of help that they need. i've got a pen and i've got a phone. and i can use that pen to sign executive orders and take executive actions and administrative actions that move the ball forward. >> you saw him there in a cabinet meeting, describing the message in the state of the union. and when we talk about the federal government, we often use the lens of separation of powers. congress legislates and appropria...